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export data from tables out of a backup image

Introduce a new parameter to the export utility to be able to export data from a table that is in a backup image.This functionality is especially useful for data extraction without touching/impacting the source system
about 8 years ago in Db2 2 Future consideration

SQL Tuning Services and full support of Security mechanism 18

We are about to finish the installation of SQL Tuning Services in our sandbox environment. What we learnt last week from Xuqin Zhao at the IBM lab is that the product currently not fully support Security mechanism 18, especially for db2_authid_R -...
3 months ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Future consideration

Renaming none to blank space in the picklist function in TM1

Problem Statement: In the Planning Analytics Workspace (PAW), users are encountering an issue when selecting options from a drop-down menu in an input cube with the picklist enabled. The drop-down list displays a default element labeled “None”. Th...
5 months ago in Planning Analytics 1 Future consideration

Allow to query and stop an object in one go to avoid STOPP

HSM allows to move DB2 page sets by stopping them and copying them and then starting the page sets again. HSM does this by DIS DB(...) SP(...) USE and a subsequent STO DB(...) SP(...). If in the small timing window between the DIS command and the ...
9 months ago in Db2 for z/OS 0 Future consideration

Localize Book Content

I ask functionnaly to enable langage translation of all workspace widgets ( button description, text boxes, directory, book, report, Plan , Task, sheet, and so on). Now, we can only localise Cube name, Dimension Name, Dimension's Member Name. Thes...
over 1 year ago in Planning Analytics 3 Future consideration

REBIND allocated plan

Before going to Db2 13 we have to rebind some plans that were last bound in Db2 10. We have also previously got the recommendation to rebind all plans when we have migrated to a new Db2 version. We have a problem with plans that are always allocat...
almost 2 years ago in Db2 for z/OS 1 Future consideration

Way to tell if a Db2 view is not being used any longer

We are looking for a solution to tell if a Db2 view is still used or not.A request came to our team to rename a column in several tables. One of the tables have multiple view on it, and one of the view includes the column to be renamed. We cannot ...
about 1 year ago in Db2 for z/OS 4 Future consideration

Have the QUERY HASH for dynamic SQL visualized in CQM

We would like to have the QUERY HASH value of dynamic statements stored in CQM, both in the ISPF interface and in the CQM_SUMM_METRICS table. This would make it easier to see if the same SQL-statement is invoked from different sources (WORKSTATION...
25 days ago in Db2 Query Monitor for z/OS 0 Future consideration

Increase field and column for WORKSTATION_TRAN and CLIENT_APPLNAME

We would like that CQM’s “WORKSTATION TRAN” field and the corresponding column “WORKSTATION_TRAN” in the CQM_SUMM_METRICS table can span the full name. The CLIENT_APPLNAME in DSN_STATEMNT_TABLE is declared varchar(255) FOR MIXED DATA and that woul...
25 days ago in Db2 Query Monitor for z/OS 0 Future consideration

Configure PaceMaker for Db2/HADR automation using "rsync" as an option for "db2crm" script.

Ability to configure the entire PaceMaker cluster for Db2 HADR without using ftp or scp. For security reasons, some client environments do not allow the use of "ftp" or "scp". The cluster creation option accepts "rsync" as an option instead of "sc...
about 1 year ago in Db2 1 Future consideration